Kiss of Frost (Mythos Academy, #2)

by Jennifer Estep

I really enjoyed the first book of this series, Touch of Frost, and expected to like Kiss of Frost too. I did like Kiss of Frost, except that it felt like it was the first book in the series rather than the second. I've been trying to place my finger on why it felt like that.

I think it felt like a first book because I found not much happened in way of progress, Gwen didn't progress a whole lot in her powers or her skills. I mean she did get better and new things happened but not by much. The progress of the story felt like it was nearly the exact same story as the first book, the same layout, the same plot, just a different location. The ending however leaves the third book open to pushing forward whereas this book felt like it was stuck back at the start.

I enjoyed this book because this is an enjoyable series but there were a couple of things that annoyed me. First off: The romance. I felt like Logan and Gwen didn't interact enough in this story. She thought about him and saw him but they spoke a whole of one time in the whole book before the ending. It annoyed me because I still felt like they were pretty much strangers.

Second thing: The use of the word 'Froufrou' and the statement 'And they think I'm crazy' were overused to the point that I swear I could have played a drinking game and had a shot every time they were used. It drove me a tad crazy every time I saw them.

Third thing: The way it recapped the last book. At the beginning it intertwined the story and the recap so there wasn't a huge info dump but it was so obvious to me. I felt like it didn't flow quite as well, I just kept thinking 'And this is where they're reminding readers of what happened in the last book' or 'And this is where they're explaining the world's history again'. Maybe it was so obvious to me because I read this book straight after I finished the first book so the story was fresh in my mind. Still I just felt like it didn't flow as well and it stilled the pace of the story.

I'm looking forward to the third because I am excited to see something else actually happen in this world.